Archive for November, 2006

The Pharmacist Toolkit for Implementing a Bar Coding Medication Safety Program is provided by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Research and Education Foundation and was made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from Omnicell. To...

Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the purpose of this worksheet is to guide the hospital in calculating the potential savings resulting from the implementation of technology to reduce medication errors. The amount of savings will...

Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, this table is intended to help the hospital assess its needs (i.e., features that are "must have" versus "nice to have") and evaluate the capabilities of competing products. It can be used by a...

Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, the purpose of this checklist is to help the hospital plan for the implementation of new technologies and record its progress over time. It is meant to be used initially by senior management and...

Submitted by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices, this tool is intended to help the organization assess the various processes involved in the delivery of medications and identify areas that would benefit from technological support. It may be...